COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Machine, which
begins its inaugural season in Major League Lacrosse in May 2012,
announced Wednesday a trade with the Chesapeake Bayhawks for 2010
MLL Championship Weekend MVP Kyle Hartzell and the second round MLL
Supplemental Draft pick (13th overall). In exchange, the Bayhawks
receive the Machine's seventh round MLL Expansion Draft pick (13th
overall).

Hartzell joined the Bayhawks in 2009, where he has been a
standout part of the team. Contributing defensively for three
seasons, Hartzell tallied 76 ground balls and shut out many star
midfielders. The All-Star was also named the MVP for the 2010 MLL
Championship game, which was the first time a defenseman ever
received the honor. Prior to the Bayhawks, Hartzell played for San
Francisco in 2008.

"Anytime you have the opportunity to trade for a MLL
Championship Weekend MVP, you have to make that move," said
President and GM John Algie. "Kyle will inject an incredible amount
of athleticism and versatility into the Machine defense."

Hartzell was drafted by San Francisco after a standout college
tenure at Salisbury State University (SSU) where he won two NCAA
Division III National Championships, was selected First Team and
Third Team All-American and All-League and named SSU 2007 Most
Valuable Defenseman. Hartzell also played at Community College
Baltimore County – Essex where he won two NJCAA National
Championships during his 2004 and 2005 seasons.

"Kyle has been a valuable member of the Bayhawks franchise and
we thank him for his contributions," new Chesapeake Bayhawks
general manager Brian Reese said. "We felt that this trade was a
way to get a pick in the Expansion Draft to get a player that could
help us. We felt that Kyle would have been selected in the
Expansion draft and this was a way to get something of value in
return."

The Machine had recently acquired that second round MLL
Collegiate Draft pick in a trade with the Rochester Rattlers, which
also brought to the Machine Ohio State alums Greg Bice, Anthony
Kelly and Stefan Schroder, as well as MLL veteran Brett Garber. In
return, the Machine had traded their first round (1st overall) and
13th round (25th overall) MLL Expansion Draft picks and their
second round (10th overall) and third round (18th overall) MLL
Collegiate Draft picks to Rochester.

"This is a notable move for us because it gives us two picks in
the top eight of the upcoming collegiate draft," Algie said. "We
have the opportunity to select two of the next great MLL stars who
can be impact players for us in seasons to come."

The Machine will have more opportunities to acquire players
during the MLL Expansion Draft on December 7, the MLL Supplemental
Draft on December 14 and the MLL Collegiate Draft on January
13.

More Trading

In advance of Wednesday's noon deadline for protected rosters
ahead of the expansion draft, there was much activity on the trade
front:

The Long Island Lizards traded midfielder Peter Mezzanotte and
the 44th overall selection in the 2012 collegiate draft to the
Denver Outlaws for midfielder Kevin Unterstein.

The Charlotte Hounds acquired defenseman Ryan Flanagan, a North
Carolina alum, from the Hamilton Nationals in exchange for their
4th round selection (8th overall) in the expansion draft and the
6th round selection (42nd overall) in the supplemental draft.

The Lizards also traded attackman Jay Card to the Rochester
Rattlers in exchange for the 18th pick in the 2012 collegiate
draft.

The Boston Cannons traded defenseman John Lade to the Rochester
Rattlers in exchange for the 19th overall selection in the 2012
collegiate draft.